Devex: Innovation in development Rachel Vogelstein, director and senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations “…Launched in April 2014, the Global Development Lab is USAID’s newest entity, designed to fund breakthrough innovations to ‘accelerate development impact faster, cheaper, and more sustainably.’ … While these…

ONE Campaign: Beyond Aid: What should the next U.S. President do to bolster global development? David Kortava, ONE’s U.S. press coordinator, discusses a recent panel discussion at the Center for Global Development, where “thought leaders in development policy discussed a range of tools beyond monetary assistance — in areas like…

Devex: Gayle Smith’s bid to run USAID hits a snag “In April, Gayle Smith was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to serve as the next administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development … But … sources close to the process tell Devex that Smith’s confirmation is in trouble.…

The Hill: Buhari and Obama can end polio in Africa Oyewale Tomori, president of the Nigerian Academy of Science “…Nigeria’s progress to date [on polio] is encouraging, but the country must go an additional two years without a case to be certified polio-free along with the rest of the WHO…

The Hill: House Dems: White House pushing Big Pharma agenda in trade deal “A pair of House Democrats are attacking the Obama administration for secretly shaping a trade deal that they say boosts profits for American pharmaceutical giants at the expense of patients worldwide. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Jan…

State Department’s “DipNote”: Using Data To Deliver an AIDS-Free Generation Deborah L. Birx, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and U.S. special representative for global health diplomacy, discusses PEPFAR’s efforts to improve data sources. “…As we advance our commitment to do the right things in the right places, PEPFAR will continue to…

Huffington Post: Preventing New HIV Infections, Saving Lives Deborah L. Birx, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and U.S. special representative for global health diplomacy “…PEPFAR is proud of its contributions to reducing new HIV infections among children, expanding access to [antiretroviral treatment (ART)] for adults and children, and preventing new infections…

The Hill: Report: Chamber fought anti-smoking laws in low-income countries “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce targeted low- and middle-income countries in lobbying against anti-smoking regulations, according to a report health and safety groups unveiled Thursday. The report, ‘Blowing Smoke for Big Tobacco,’ from nine groups including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free…